Purge GNOME desktop environment w/ remove_cups_packages

[derogab]

The remove_cups_packages function causes a complete purge of GNOME desktop environment in Debian 12.7.

The problem seems to be caused by these lines:

cups_packages=$(dpkg -l | grep 'cups' | awk '{print $2}')
if [ -n "$cups_packages" ]; then
  package_count=$(echo "$cups_packages" | wc -l)
  apt-get purge -y $cups_packages >/dev/null 2>&1
fi

The removal of packages cups-pk-helper and libcups2 causes the complete removal of desktop environment.

[Turtlecute33]

I should have fixed the issue, now the script removes all the cups related packages but cups-pk-helper and libcups2 are whitelisted. Can you kindly test it? i don't have a working ubuntu machine with GNOME installed

[derogab]

Just executed the script again and I still have my GNOME. It seems that the workaround works well :)